HISTORY
The idea for organizing the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival was first conceived in 2002 among film enthusiasts from the Bosnian-Herzegovinian diaspora in San Francisco and New York City. The late Benjamin Filipović, an award-winning film director, professor at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, and president of the Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, inspired the first film festival.
In 2003, Dr. Džemaludin Harba invited representatives of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian community in New York to a brainstorming meeting regarding a potential festival of Bosnian and Herzegovinian film. This group of volunteers and the Radio Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina together produced the first annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) that same year. Following its debut, in 2005 the BHFF became a co-production between Radio Voice of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2003, BHFF was held at the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre. The following year, BHFF moved to larger premises at the Anthology Film Archives, known as an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video. In 2007, BHFF relocated to Tribeca Cinemas, one of New York City's highly regarded film institutions. 2020, we organized 1st virtual BHFF NY.
19th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives
April 12 - April 15, 2023
18th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives
April 20 - April 24, 2022
17th Annual BHFF
VIRTUAL EDITION - Anthology Film Archives
October 27 - November 01, 2020
16th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives
April 10 - April 13, 2019
15th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives
April 11 - April 14, 2018
13th Annual BHFF
SVA Theatre - Anthology Film Archives
May 25 - May 28, 2016
12th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 21 - May 23, 2015
11th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 1 - May 3, 2014
10th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 9 - May 11, 2013
9th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 3 - May 5, 2012
8th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 13 - May 14, 2011
7th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 14 - May 15, 2010
6th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 15 - May 16, 2009
5th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 9 - May 10, 2008
4th Annual BHFF
Tribeca Cinemas
May 11 - May 12, 2007
2nd Annual BHFF
Anthology Film Archives
April 29 - April 31, 2005
1st Annual BHFF
Pioneer Theatre
October 24 - October 26, 2003